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‘Not two weeks ago I literally bumped into her at yoga: our mats were about twelve inches apart and we almost beaned each other rolling down out of supta konasana simultaneously.’

‘Life has a way of throwing curve balls and John [Hager] got beaned by one when he acquired polio as an adult and lost the use of his legs.’

‘Didn't see anything like that, though I was almost beaned by a falling pinecone.’

‘The only positive aspect was that, short of being beaned by an errant golf ball, it looked as though I would survive the game without an injury for once.’

‘They meet after Tom beans Sarah in the head with a football.’

‘I fell on some poor girl in the audience and beaned her in the head with my guitar.’

‘I picked up the ball and pitched as hard as I could, beaning her square in the forehead.’

‘In today's Boston Globe, there's a discussion with noted sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman, on why he thinks Matt Clement will successfully return to the mound after being beaned in the head by a line drive.’

‘They're still waiting, in part because his 1998 season was ruined when he was beaned at midseason, and then he struggled with his confidence.’

‘Coincidentally or not, he was beaned the day after his record-setting production of 18 total bases by Clem Labine of the Dodgers.’

‘In 1939, York was beaned twice, but according to Baseball Hall of Fame records in neither instance was it in a game played in Washington.’

‘About a week later, Passeau, while warming up before a game, and after enduring a torrent of abuse from Durocher, suddenly wheeled and fired the ball into the Dodger dugout, nearly beaning the Brooklyn manager.’

‘He grabbed her wrists and pulled her in to kiss the place where he had beaned her and leaned her head back while faking a grimace.’

‘My fiancee - civilized, gentle soul - once beaned a squirrel with an ice cube to keep the varmint from stripping her sunflowers bare.’

‘During the fifth inning though she was beaned by the ball while the opponent was at bat.’

‘She hadn't been beaned in the head with anything either.’

‘Outfielder Joe Medwick, another Hall of Famer who played for the Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, was never quite as fearsome a hitter after being beaned in 1940.’

‘I had a very strong urge to bean her with a rock, because underneath the pier is littered with big ones, but I resisted.’

‘That felt better until a bunch of 12-year-olds started beaning me in the head with their tubes.’

‘In case you've lost your memory after being beaned in the head during a game of quidditch, the long-awaited sixth Harry Potter novel will be released next Friday at midnight.’

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‘Chirpy, smiley, full of beans - these are just some of the words which do not describe first-time quarter-finalist David Gray.’

‘I slept better that night than I had for years, and I awoke uncharacteristically clear headed and full of beans.’

‘I bought a huge box of cereal for the office yesterday morning, and have been snacking on nuts and fruit all day for the last two days, rather than the usual chocolate and biscuits, and already I feel full of beans, and not at all sleepy.’

‘I had a very short nap, woke, leapt out of bed full of beans and sprightly as a 40-year old.’

‘They were lovely kids: bright, intelligent and full of beans.’

‘She said Jack defied the ‘terrible two ‘cliché, and had been full of beans for some months now.’

‘The kid needs to go back to childcare - he is full of beans and needs some other kid equally full of beans to run him round.’

‘Because when I was taking lots of them I was all chatty and hyper and full of beans, and withdrawal is supposed to have equal and opposite effects.’

‘Having tapered his training down from over 100 miles a week to a mere 70 in preparation for the 100K Home International in Edinburgh, he was full of beans and won for the third time in his career.’

‘‘We often see it happening, especially with pups that are maybe three to four months old who are agile and full of beans,’ he said.’

‘Paddy was full of beans and looking forward to the aid work.’

‘Driver Murugan is there at the appointed time. I have risen early again, but today I'm neither bright nor full of beans, unlike yesterday.’

‘Mr Gardner added: ‘Now he's full of beans, great with kids and loves running about all over the place.’’

‘Now he's back up to normal weight, looks very healthy and is full of beans.’

‘So she was full of beans - she is a right little dynamo at the moment and goes to Rainbows as well as school.’

‘He's back to being full of beans today, but I'm not.’

‘He's pretty full of beans, and Jager can't understand why she can't play with him (her favorite move is to charge at him and bowl him over, even though he is twice the size of her).’

‘Like the 1954 musical of the same name, Brigadoon is full of beans, curious colours and interesting ideas, but its fragmentary structures, silly sing-song numbers and conspicuously cheap backdrops tarnish its good intentions.’

‘It's great to see her running around and full of beans.’

‘When I last spoke to her yesterday she was full of beans, very cheerful and chirpy, so I deduce from that that all was going well.’

‘If you're bursting with fresh ideas, can't wait to live, breathe, and eat fresh soups, sauces etc., and can tell celery from celeriac, know how many beans make five, we'd love to hear from you.’

‘‘Oh, you look the proper sort of chap to sell cows,’ said the man; ‘I wonder if you know how many beans make five.’’

‘Because it is a cat and knows how many beans make five.’

‘‘Well, Louise knows how many beans make five alright, but it's the cable companies’ money we are trying to protect,’ Lewis pointed out. ‘Surely they have the motivation to tell the repairers to install Chamelon?’’

‘I have no idea if the chapter is good or not; I do know that the book's Exchange chapter was written by Jim McBee, who knows how many beans make five.’

‘Meticulous Virgo rises, a sign which knows how many beans make five, master-minding everything from the logistics of regional auditions to the carefully co-ordinated packaging of a multi - media brand.’

‘PETER PEACOCK, the Scottish Education Minister, knows how many beans make five, can rattle through the three Rs and gives the impression of a man who doesn't leave an i without a dot, or a t uncrossed.’

‘We can even buy Private Eye and indulge its falsely comforting view of a man who is too dumb to know how many beans make five.’

‘He could have made a good living as a buyer for a supermarket as they also know how many beans make five - million or billion, that is.’